Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge

Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
2015 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
ITF Women's Tour
Event name	Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
Location	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Venue	Habtoor Grand Beach Resort & Spa
Category	ITF Women's Circuit
Surface	Hard
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize money	$75,000
Website	Official website

The Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge is a tournament for professional female tennis players, played on outdoor hard courts. The event is classified as a $75,000 ITF Women's Circuit tournament and has been held annually in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, since 1998.

History

The tournament began in 1998 as an $25,000 ITF event. Since its 1999 edition, it has been a $75,000 event. The 2004 edition was cancelled.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2015	Çağla Büyükakçay	Klára Koukalová	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–4
2014	Alexandra Dulgheru	Kimiko Date-Krumm	6–3, 6–4
2013	Jana Čepelová	Maria Elena Camerin	6–1, 6–2
2012	Kimiko Date-Krumm	Yulia Putintseva	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
2011	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	Kristina Mladenovic	7–5, 6–4
2010	Sania Mirza	Bojana Jovanovski	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
2009	Regina Kulikova	Sandra Záhlavová	7–6^(8–6), 6–3
2008	Vitalia Diatchenko	Urszula Radwańska	7–5, 2–6, 7–5
2007	Maria Kirilenko	Evgeniya Rodina	7–5, 6–2
2006	Kateryna Bondarenko	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	6–1, 6–3
↑   ITF $75,000 event   ↑
2005	Marion Bartoli	Kaia Kanepi	6–2, 6–0
2004	Not held
2003	Jelena Janković	Henrieta Nagyová	6–2, 7–5
2002	Angelique Widjaja	Shinobu Asagoe	7–5, 6–2
2001	Eleni Daniilidou	Anikó Kapros	6–4, 6–4
↑   ITF $75,000+H event   ↑
2000	Adriana Gerši	Tathiana Garbin	6–4, 6–3
1999	Katarina Srebotnik	Anne Kremer	6–1, 6–1
↑   ITF $75,000 event   ↑
1998	Kira Nagy	Irina Selyutina	6–4, 6–1
↑   ITF $25,000 event

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2015	Çağla Büyükakçay Maria Sakkari	Elise Mertens İpek Soylu	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
2014	Vitalia Diatchenko Alexandra Panova	Lyudmyla Kichenok Olga Savchuk	3–6, 6–2, [10–4]
2013	Vitalia Diatchenko Olga Savchuk	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	7–5, 6–1
2012	Maria Elena Camerin Vera Dushevina	Eva Hrdinová Karolína Plíšková	7–5, 6–3
2011	Nina Bratchikova Darija Jurak	Akgul Amanmuradova Alexandra Dulgheru	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
2010	Julia Görges Petra Martić	Sania Mirza Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–4, 7–6^(9–7)
2009	Julia Görges Oksana Kalashnikova	Vladimíra Uhlířová Renata Voráčová	4–6, 6–2, [10–8]
2008	Irena Pavlovic Maša Zec Peškirič	Elena Chalova Valeria Savinykh	7–6^(8–6), 3–6, [10–3]
2007	Marina Erakovic Monica Niculescu	Yuliana Fedak Anna Lapushchenkova	7–6^(7–1), 6–4
2006	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Jelena Kostanić	Kateryna Bondarenko Valeria Bondarenko	6–3, 6–0
↑   ITF $75,000 event   ↑
2005	Gabriela Navrátilová Hana Šromová	Ekaterina Makarova Olga Panova	7–5, 6–4
2004	Not held
2003	Zsófia Gubacsi Kira Nagy	Flavia Pennetta Adriana Serra Zanetti	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
2002	Kirstin Freye Seda Noorlander	Bahia Mouhtassine Angelique Widjaja	6–2, 6–4
2001	Laurence Courtois Seda Noorlander	Caroline Dhenin Katalin Marosi-Aracama	6–3, 6–0
↑   ITF $75,000+H event   ↑
2000	Tathiana Garbin Katalin Marosi-Aracama	Angelika Bachmann Tina Križan	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
1999	Åsa Carlsson Laurence Courtois	Laura Golarsa Irina Selyutina	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–0
↑   ITF $75,000 event   ↑
1998	Wynne Prakusya Benjamas Sangaram	Petra Gáspár Ludmila Varmužová	7–6^(7–1), 1–6, 6–3
↑   ITF $25,000 event

External links

• Official website
• ITF search